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In the basement of the ivory tower : confessions of an accidental academic /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Professor X.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, 2011.
Subjects:
College teachers, Part-time > United States > Social conditions.
College teachers, Part-time > United States > Anecdotes.
English teachers > United States > Anecdotes.
Table of Contents:
  • The adjunct
  • Writing hell
  • Revelation
  • Compare and contrast
  • The four stages of a plot
  • Community college
  • Remediation
  • The good stuff
  • The pain
  • College as Eden
  • Grade inflation temptation
  • The textbooks
  • An introduction ot the research paper
  • Life editing
  • Resonance
  • The writing workshop
  • Do your job, professor!
  • Grading the teacher
  • On borrowing liberally from other people's work
  • The college bubble
  • Nobody move.